Dr. Oliver Agundu, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, said this when he spoke with newsmen in Jos on Saturday.
Browsing: Bokkos LGA
The Plateau State Police Command has said 26 persons were killed and 190 houses completely razed down in recent attacks on some communities in Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas of the state.
The Plateau State Police Command said gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state, killing 13 persons and injuring five others.
The Federal Government has distributed relief materials to victims of wind and thunder storm in Bokkos Local Government Area.
Salihu Adamu Musa, the Independent National Electoral Commission Electoral Officer in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau State, on Monday apologised over the “shameful” behaviour of the Returning Officer deployed to the area.
Their spokesman, Emmanuel Macham, in a statement on Sunday in Jos, accused government of abandoning the victims to their fate and “ignoring complaints that some are starving to death’’.
Terna Tyopev, the command’s spokesman, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Jos, gave the rifle’s number as HC2614.
Their spokesman, Emmanuel Macham, who briefed newsmen on Sunday in Bokkos, said that government had not shown any concern to the victims of the attacks.
A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria that several others were injured in the fracas that took place in the morning.